The Economics of Optimism
From The Economist: The debate heats up about what goals the world should set itself for 2030
ARTICLE EXCERPT: “A recent paper by Bjorn Larsen looked at ways to reduce deaths from air pollution, which currently kills around 7m people a year. It found that shifting 1.4 billion people from traditional cooking methods to stoves with outdoor vents could save half a million lives a year and generate an economic benefit to the world of $10 for every $1 spent. Using higher-tech smoke-free stoves would bring an even bigger reduction in deaths. Yet the cost would be much higher, so the benefit would be only $2 per dollar spent.”
To read the whole article in The Economist, click here: https://www.economist.com/node/21640361/